Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-19

The Panhandle railroad robbery cases
we're taken up in the criminal court at
PittsbGrg. The first case tried was that
Of William T. Lavelle, a brakeman. The
prosecution produced witnesses from Phil
adelphia. Dennison (ohio) Pittsburg aud
Penrod, Ky and traced goods shipped
rom the former place TO a fence" in this
City, established by the detectives for tho
PURPOSE OF entrapping the thieves Detec.
tive Asen, who ran the 'fence" testified
that Lsvelle had sold to him a large lot OF
goods which he acknowledged that he had
taken Som a freight car.
IS in a bad way.
Two hundred iourneymer. plumbers in
Detroit, Mich, struck because OF the dis
charge Of n number OF men whom the boss
% considered incompetent.
The fourteen-ycar.old son Of Miles Alden,
D iarmer near Ionia, Mich, fatally shot
bis sister. aged twelve years, alter remark
ing: 'iSbe viii aot bother ME any more"
The boy has been arrested.
Sullivan will not fight for some time on
account OF his lame wrist.
Bradlaugh has ~ipaugurated a movement
IN favor Of the second reading Of the oaths
bill in the house OF commons. Lord Har-
tington and the bulk OF the Unionists have
decided to support the movement.
The duke OF connaught is in Bombay,
and can't come home to see his mother
antii parliament passes an act giving him
permission to 10 so.
Less thar q dozen persons, em~igrants,
we're drowned by the collision OF La Cam.
pagne and the Villa de Rio. The latter
steamer sank. Among the Americans on
board LIZ Champagne were: Henry C. Bald
and wife. A. S. Clarke and family, A.. III.
DuttOn, Francis ormend French and fami.
~ Of Newport. X. l., :. Romans, Burlett
Mason, Bailey Meyers and family Mrs.
Parsons and daughters. ID. A. Robertson
and family OF st. Paul, dinn., Mr.. Stephen
son, X. B.. Slade. Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor,
Col Upham and Benjamin Wright. Most
shock. but ali have recovered.
Mrs D. A Robertson Of St. Paul said:
When the disaster happened, a lady said:
MY great anxiety is that French sailors
get excited and lose their heads but the
result Shove that French sailors are splen-
lid seameu. I am convinced that their
GOODNESS and discipline cannot be surpassed.
The Nes York Financial Chronicle says
that Messrs. Morton. Rose & Co, OF Lon
ion are resolving applications for 50. 600,
DOC, part ofan~ authorized issue OF IS, 300.
900 irst mortgage . per cent bonds OF the
Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie & Atlantic
Railway company, at the price OF f190
per 81 900 bond.
The most destructive fire that northern
New Hsmpshire has ever known occurred
at Lebanon the 10th. II broke out in
Mead, Mason & Co.'S furniture factory.
The adjoining buildings. also occupied by
Mead, Mason & Co.. built OF wood, and
hlled with inflamahIe matter, were soon
destroyed. The fire worked s~outberly,
burning everything in that direction. The
loss IS $500, 600. with insurance OF s110.-
900.
The exchange OF verbal assurances oil
peace between the German representatives
and the French minister of foreign affairs.
does not effect the belief in official circles
that war cannot be long averted. The stu
alton in Alsaee- Lorraine increases the
difficulty daily. The frontier posts on
sach side have ceased to exchange eourte-
sizes and act as u war might break out any
minute. The police iorcs in Alsacs-Lor-